Error 101.exe

I know everybody complaining about it and I should just keep trying fixs but I'm no good with computers and I've tried quite a lot of fixes already but they didn't work so can someone explain it in simple terms to me? please (I bought the game on steam)

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Thanks. I can't see any crash event in there, or anything unusual.
What exactly is the problem you have with the game?
What happened leading up to the problem?
Do you get any error message? If so please post it.

When I open it via Steam it says "The Walking Dead - Steam. Preparing to launch The Walking Dead...".
Then it launches.
Then the screen goes black like it's going to start loading.
Then it closes and a message called WalkingDead101.exe saying "Windows is checking for a solution to the problem...".
After a message called WalkingDead101.exe comes up saying "WalkingDead1101.exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available".

That should have showed up in the crash events in the support tool but weirdly it didn't.

I suggest you check for crash details manually:

Please check if the game crash creates an entry in the
event viewer in the "Windows Logs/Application" section.
If so, right click the entry, select "copy the details as text", and paste them in a new reply.

Please check the properties of the Steam.exe, your Steam icons, and the games .exe files, and disable any compatibility mode settings.
Sometimes compatibility mode is checked, but is grayed out. Then you have to click on "Change settings for all users" at the bottom to disable the checkbox.
Afterwards try if the game works.

You just right click on the Steam icon and select "properties". Then select the tab named "Compatibility". Look for the option that says "Run this program in compatibility mode for" at the top, and remove the checkmark by clicking on it, if there is one. Then click "Ok" to close that window.

I haven't given up yet. To make this easier please download and run this file.
It will create a file named "compatibility.txt" right next to itself, containing all compatibility mode settings that are currently set for executables.
Open the "compatibility.txt" by double clicking it, and copy its contents into a reply.

While there are entries for The Walking Dead, they are probably not what causes the crash, but rather a result of the game crashing.

Let's look at something else:

Please open the Steam client. In the menu select "help/system information".
Right click on the information it shows and select "select all".
Right click again and select "copy".
Finally paste the results into a reply message in this thread by pressing CTRL-V.
It contains a section "Installed software", which might have sensitive entries, so feel free to redact them.

I think we have explored all easy options. The problem is that for some reason your Steam starts in compatibility mode, although I can't find where that is stored.
This should be fixable by uninstalling steam, and reinstalling it to a different folder.
First exit steam.
If you have many games you don't want to download again, move the "SteamApps" folder from "C:\Program Files\Steam\" to your desktop.
Then uninstall steam.
While reinstalling, when it proposes to install to "C:\Program Files\Steam\" click on the button and change it to something like "C:\Program Files\Steam2\".
After the installation move the "SteamApps" folder to "C:\Program Files\Steam2\". You might have to verify the game cache files for each game you had installed.

Please check the properties of the Steam.exe, your Steam icons, and the games .exe files, and disable any compatibility mode settings.
Sometimes compatibility mode is checked, but is grayed out. Then you have to click on "Change settings for all users" at the bottom to disable the checkbox.
Afterwards try if the game works.

According to the error code compatibility mode seems to be enabled though for steam or the games .exe. Please double check and if you made absolutely sure, that the method mentioned above didn't work to disable it, you can try disabling it in the registry.

I checked the compatibility and it's the box is still unchecked for 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' I also went to that link you put and followed that guys directions with the regedit thing all the way through and deleted the entry it lead me to. But it's still not working. Did I do something wrong?

Please check if the game crash creates an entry in the
event viewer in the "Windows Logs/Application" section.
If so, right click the entry, select "copy the details as text", and paste it in a new reply.

I am not sure what causes it. The error code usually comes up if it's graphics related, but your graphics card should be fine with the latest drivers. I think it might be some other software interfering with the game. Please try starting it during a clean boot as described below. If that doesn't work either, please run the support tool again so i can see the latest state.

In most of these cases it is. Looking at it some more, you should try deleting the "SyncFs" folder from:
C:\Users\owner\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead

There's also a slim chance that installing the latest Intel graphics driver helps. That's a bit tricky though, and you should know how to recover to a running system in case the driver doesn't work as expected.

SPOILER WARNING:

The Walking Dead - Walking Dead Season 1

Hi I've recently bought the walking dead off of steam because it was on sale as well as the 400 days dlc. After downloading the 3.6Gb file to my 1Tb external hard drive with about 500Gb left on it, which also includes over 10 other games including arma 3 and borderlands 2 which i can play on about medium to high settings with some decent physx physics to. i am prompted with a black screen and an error101.exe message which somewhat confused me. So after reading through some forums and telltales support site and trying a few tips which include: compatibility change and administrative usage, downloading file DINPUT8.DLL and placing it in the steamapps common file, deleting and reinstalling the game, as well as verifying the content cache, i also ran the TWD support tool with link provided with results of test http://www.sendspace.com/file/s8i77l , i checked the firewalls and there was no outgoing abd the inbound seemed fine. my system specs are is provided: Operating system - Windows 7 home premium x64 bit, Processor - Intel core i3 2100 cpu @ 3.10GHz, Graphics card - ATI Radeon HD 4670 512Mb cache, Motherboard - Asustek P8H67-M pro series. im stumped as what to do next if someone could help that would be great. thanks

If it still crashes afterwards please unplug your headset and any other non essential usb device, and try running the game again.

Please also check if the game crash creates an entry in the
event viewer in the "Windows Logs/Application" section.
If so, right click the entry, select "copy the details as text", and paste it in a new reply.

That exception code shows up when steam is running in compatibility mode.

Please check the properties of the Steam.exe, your Steam icons, and the games .exe files, and disable any compatibility mode settings.
Sometimes compatibility mode is checked, but is grayed out. Then you have to click on "Change settings for all users" at the bottom to disable the checkbox.
Afterwards try if the game works.

If you made absolutely sure, that the method mentioned above didn't work to disable it, you can try disabling it in the registry. Then restart the computer and try running the game again.

Hello, I have same problem. It was working, but after updated Windows to 8.1, I start recieve this error : "WalkingDead101.exe has stopped working". All drivers already updated. http://www.sendspace.com/file/c7kghi

Please check if the game crash creates an entry in the
event viewer in the "Windows Logs/Application" section.
If so, right click the entry, select "copy the details as text", and paste them in a new reply.

I already did this... And it's using the AMD graphics chip... I try with other games and works fine... Alan Wake, Battlefield 3, BioShock, Dead Island, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead 2, Mafia II... All of them works fine with the AMD graphics chip.

If that doesn't work, please create a new local Windows user account with only characters from a-z and try playing there.
If it still fails to run, please run the support tool again, in the new windows account.

I forgot you were on steam. It automatically downloads the old savegames again.
Please disable steam cloud for TWD (In Steam, right click TWD and select "properties". Open the tab "updates" and remove the checkbox from "Enable Steam cloud synchronization for TWD).
Then try removing the savegame folder again. If that doesn't work, please replace the prefs.prop in
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\The Walking Dead
with the one in this zip archive.

One other thing your should try is going to the dell homepage and downloading and installing the latest Intel and AMD video drivers for your notebook model. Make sure you get the versions for Windows 8.1.

I went to the dell homepage and download and install the latest Intel and AMD video drivers... And it works fine !!!
But I still have to put the Windows 7 Compatibility... But it's ok, now the game it's working !!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! Your The BEST dude !!!!